Obligation to register the company and employees with IGSS
- Paperwork, visas and the investor's life
- Social security, work permits and shifts
- not audited
Yes. IGSS, the social security institute, states that "every employer is required to register with the Social Security Regime and to register the worker or workers" (site consulted in 2026), and publishes downloadable guides from its Employer and Worker Registration Department; telephones 1522 and 2412-1224. The threshold of three or more workers usually cited as the trigger for employer registration was not confirmed in a primary source (the IGSS site publishes only the general obligation; the agreement that would set it, Board Agreement 1123?, remains pending).
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